A maritime cargo route between Iran’s Dayyer port and Qatar’s Al-Ruwais port has resumed operations after a five-month suspension caused by the US-Israeli war.
Abbas Abdolkhani, Iran’s commercial attaché in Doha, told state media that shipping activities restarted following coordination between the Iranian embassy in Doha and Qatari authorities.
The two geographically opposite ports mainly serve regional trade routes. Dayyer port was hit several times during the war, while Al-Ruwais port remains one of the main gateways for Iranian exports to Qatar. The reopening of the route is expected to reduce transportation costs and speed up the supply of goods between the two countries.
Qatar has also played a key mediating role between Iran and the United States in efforts aimed at ending the war.